Watch: Will Smith Reveals Why He Turned Down The Matrix

Will Smith and his video team have taken story telling to a whole new level, and this week, he responded to one of Hollywood’s biggest rumors in his latest vlog titled “Why I Turned Down The Matrix“.

The video description reads “It’s been gossiped about in Hollywood for years, but this is the true story.” So after years of speculation, Will Smith WAS suppose to play Neo in Matrix, but he turned it down.

So, instead, Will turned down The Matrix to make Wild, Wild West. In the video clip, Will lets us know how he felt about that decision:

“So…I made “Wild, Wild West”. I’m not proud of it”

I was 10 when Wild, Wild West came out, but even as big of a fan of Will Smith that I was at the time, I even knew this movie was a flop. Anyway, that fact is Will Smith did turn down doing the Matrix, but sums it up like this: